Wagon-spring



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M. D. OONLEY WAGON SPRING.

No. 422,050. PatentedFeb. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrlcn.

MILES D. GONLEY, OF ODANIEL, TEXAS.

WAGON-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,050, dated February25, 1890.

Application filed November 15 1889. Serial No. 330,419. (No model.)

Be it known that 1, MILES D. GoNLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at ODaniel, in the county of Guadalupe and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful \Vagon-Spring, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in vehicles.

The object of the invention is to provide for farmers who are not ableto own separate farm-wagons, market-wagons, dairy-wagons, and familyvehicles, a single wagon which will answer for all purposes, and whichwill require but a few minutes to convert from one kind to another; and,furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a vehicle inwhich springs of great strength may be employed which will not requirestay-chains,

and which will not increase the height of the wagon-body and causeinconvenience in loading and unloading the vehicle and in. getting inand out, and, furthermore, to provide a vehicle in which the wagon-bodymay be but slightly elevated above the axles, and in which the springswill have great play.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bolster providedwith springs constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is adetail viewof one of the adjustable connecting-plates.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates abolster, which is constructed in the usual manner and provided at itsends with vertical standards B, and from which leaf-springs O aresuspended. Thesprings C are arranged on each side of the bolster and aresupported by stirrups D, whose laterally-extending ends d are swiveledin eyes 0, formed at the ends of the leafsprings, and the said leafsprings C have clipped or similarlysecured to them springbars E, whoselower faces are recessed at f to receive the central curved portion ofthe leaf -springs O. The spring bars are connected together and heldparallel by plates F,which are provided in their outer edges withrecesses that receive the vertical standards and prevent the springs andspring-bars moving laterally. The plates F are bolted to the spring-barsE, and are provided with transverse slots f, which enable the plates tobe adjusted to bolsters of different widths, and the metal of therecesses is bent down and provides depending flanges f which'prevent theplate that connects the spring-bars scraping the standards. Thewagon-body is designed to rest upon the spring-bars, and the latter,together with the springs, may be readily removed from the vehicle byraising one end of the bed and resting it upon one of the wheels.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the springs are soconstructed and arranged that they do not necessitate attachment to thewagon or wagon-bed, that they can readily be removed and replaced, thatsprings of greatly-increased strength may be employed without increasingthe height of the wagon-body, thereby increasing the convenience ofloading and unloading and in getting in and alighting from the vehicle,

and that the wagon-body may be elevated but slightly above the axle andstill allow the springs great play.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- The combination,springs arranged at the sides thereof, the stirrups connecting the endsof the springs and suspending the same from the bolster, and parallelspring-bars and the plates connecting the bars and having recessesarranged to receive the standards of the bolster, and having dependingflanges at the sides of the standards, said plates being provided attheir ends with transverse slots, whereby the springs may be adjusted todifferent-sized bolsters, substantially as described.

with a bolster, of the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

MILES D. CONLEY.

Witnesses: V A. N. SAUDERs, J. S. MoGnn.

